Paul Gammans has a secret. He likes exams. He argues here for a positive approach to the new terminal examination system and offers some tips on how to structure your curriculum and support students’ revision

Many schools struggled to know how to replace curriculum levels. Darrick Wood School was among those to design a new system from scratch. Martin Smith reflects on this process and effective assessment at key stage 3

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All this term, Matt Bromley is focusing on practice and pedagogy in the key stage 3 classroom. He now turns his focus to assessment, including data management, closing the gaps and life after levels in years 7, 8 and 9

The move to scrap national curriculum levels has given schools back control of assessment. Suzanne O’Farrell advises on creating new assessment systems that are less about measuring and data and more about maximising pupil progress

With the increasing demands of key stage 4 and recent Ofsted criticism of provision in years 7, 8 and 9, Suanne O’Farrell looks at how schools can best use key stage 3 to support students’ achievement and their wider learning

A recent day of discussions between school leaders from across England focused on the impact that the move to assessment without levels might have on vulnerable pupils, especially those with SEN. Daniel Sobel reports on some of the challenges, solutions and conclusions

Focusing on key stage 3 and the key transition points for secondary pupils, Sarah Wynn looks at some of the potential problems as schools move to life after national curriculum levels and reports on her research into the assessment changes